Use Setup Factory with msbuild

[franz gsell]

We are using a build server with CI (e.g. Gitlab, AzureDevops) to build our software. One step during the build is to create the setup package. Currently this is done manually by opening the Setup Factory software and loading the corresponding project. Now we are looking for a way to call the setup factory software with a command line switch to load and build the project without showing a user interface. Is this possible?

[GregSohl]

We do this by launching a batch file from msbuild or our continuous integration tool. Here's a couple snippets:

rem get the location of the Setup Factory folder
FOR /F "tokens=2*" %%A IN ('REG.EXE QUERY "HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Setup Factory 9" /v "InstallLocation" ^| FIND "REG_SZ"') DO SET SetupFactoryDir=%%B

rem Compile the installation of OurProduct
"%SetupFactoryDir%\SUFDesign.exe" /BUILD OurInstaller.suf /CONFIG:Default /Log:OurInstaller.log
if not exist eFreedomASClientSetup.exe echo error compiling OurInstaller.suf >> OurBuild_output.txt

[franz gsell]

Thanks for your answer. I think this is exactly what I was looking for.